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Author: Camille Dungy
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Camille’s poem “In her mostly white town, an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, a black poet considers centuries of protests against racialized violence” is featured on Poem-a-Day
Two miles into
the sky, the snow
builds a mountain
unto itself.Some drifts can be
thirty feet high.
Picture a house.
Then bury it.[…]
Read the full poem here.
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Camille’s poem “New Address” is featured on The Rumpus for National Poetry Month!
My name, Camille, means witness at the sacrifice.
What could I make of this when I was young? What sacrifice?Coastal breeze and jacaranda trees when I was young.
When we moved, the hope of temperate weather was one sacrifice.Keep reading here.
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Camille’s poem “Let Me” is featured in The New Yorker
Let me tell you, America, this one last thing.
I will never be finished dreaming about you. -
Camille joins AmbasciataUSA to discuss Black Nature Poetry
Watch a video of the discussion between Camille and moderator Anthony A. Deaton here.
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Camille featured in an episode of Poet Kind Podcast
“I had a great chat with poet Camille Dungy about her new book, Trophic Cascade, and the role poets and other creatives can play in shaping society.”
Listen here!
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Camille’s Episode of Poetry Off the Shelf
Join Camille in her episode of Poetry Off the Shelf as she discusses “words, home, and motherhood in times of climate collapse.”
Listen here!